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nosys70 said:
smartphones are not necessary, and mostly they are useless.
Probably 90% of the activity you get with your smartphone is making phone call and receiving message.
all the rest (social networking, games, silly utility, watching cat's video on youtube, taking selfies) is probably as much improductive as VR.
The big thing with the smartphone is it connects you to internet almost anywhere, anytime and link useless feature with others you cannot live without.
The difference is you get the smartphone with you, almost all the time, you can download tons of apps for free
and everyday, there is something new you can do with the smartphone (payment for exemple will hugely increase smartphone penetration)
So much of the free time you get (on the toilet seat for example) can be filled by some activity with a smartphone.
most of these activities are not new (reading news, gaming, chatting), you were already doing it before, you just do it now another way, faster, easier.
VR (unless you see it as another apps running on smartphone) does not has any of these caracteristic.
it is harldly mobile (too bulky)
it does not allow/replace anything usefull in real life
it cuts you from the world , not connecting to it.
There si a long way to go before VR can find any place in the society.
For instance it is just an nice game add-on, and sony well understood that.
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Zenbane said:
I use my phone while driving all the time. And proud of it!
10-21-2016 12:40 AM
if you get spotted doing it in the UK you should expect getting nicked! (unless you have hands free). the amount of accidents caused by doing this is quite scary and I would say your statement is almost on a par with me if i was to say "I drive pissed and am proud of it"!. It was a good day when this was made illegal imo, sadly loads still do it.
Zenbane said:
I use my phone while driving all the time. And proud of it!
10-21-2016 01:36 AM
I must admit, my phone gets used to play clash of clans more than I use it as an actual phone if Im honest 😕
and yeh, totally understand the 'ban the phones while driving views' of those who had near misses or have lost someone as a result. I used to have a brother... until some old guy killed him with his car 😞
This wasn't mobile phone related, but was certainly a lack of concentration issue and he was only charged with 'driving without due care and attention'. I guess anything that takes concentration away from the road isn't a good thing though. Anyway... this was many, MANY years ago.